Stories Poems Essays

Riding Coach, Amtrak (the Lake Shore Limited)

We gaze, zone out, read.
Boxed dinners, cards, Ipod beats
Our lives intersect.

“Balancing on one leg atop a giant boulder, they look at the camera, their eyes alight with laughter…”

“this book, some bug spray, comfortable bench in the shade, worlds overlapping, new light reflecting…”

“There’s a photo on her dresser from a trip to Paris. Mom gazes up at my father as he laughs…”

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Dreamers Haiku Contest! Thanks to our guest judge, Reinekke Lengelle. Read the winning haiku…

“It was no different than any other day for me. ‘Active shooter… Shelter in place…’ was all I could process…”

“Gram finds a lounge chair in the shade, does her usual magic trick and recedes into the background…”

“She stares blankly until Elvis Presley’s silky baritone moves through my iPhone. ‘Wise men say,’ he croons…”

“I’ve never seen a feather on the eggs in our fridge. I can’t tell dad this though. It will break his heart…”